Meet OurBoard Members

Daryl L. OsbyChairperson

On February 17, 2011, Daryl L. Osby was sworn in by the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors as the ninth Fire Chief of the Los Angeles County
Fire Department. He has served as a member of the Los Angeles County Fire
Department (LACoFD) for 32 years.

Chief Osby heads one of the largest emergency services agencies in the
world, providing traditional fire and life safety services to more than
4.1 million residents and commercial business customers in 58 cities served
by the Department, and all the unincorporated areas of the County within
its 2,300-square-mile service delivery area. The Department operates out
of 173 fire stations, including 4,800 emergency responders and business
professionals operating on an annual budget of just over one billion dollars.
In addition, the County of Los Angeles Fire Department provides lifeguard,
health hazardous materials, and forestry services throughout the County.

He is affiliated with many fire service organizations, previously served
on the California State Board of Fire Services, and is a former member
and chair of the Los Angeles County Emergency Preparedness Commission.
Additionally, Chief Osby is affiliated with several community organizations
and has received numerous awards for his service.

Chief Osby is an advocate for continuing education, and currently holds
a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific
University. He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Senior
Executives in State and Local Government and National Preparedness Leadership
Programs and completed Clark Atlanta University’s Executive Development
Program and the Martin Gang Institute for Intergroup Relations at Loyola
Marymount University. He is a California State Certified Incident Commander
and Chief Officer.

Jim KrossPresident

James (Jim) A. Kross retired in 2011 from the Los Angeles County Fire Department,
after serving the citizens of Los Angeles County for more than 30 years.
He brings a wealth of fire service experience to the Foundation gathered
while rising through the ranks from Firefighter to Assistant Chief.

Assignments included the Fire Prevention Bureau, Operations Bureau, Air
and Wildland Sections, and the Training Services Section. He served as
the Planning Section Chief for Southern California Interagency Incident
Management Team 3 for 5 years, responding to and managing major wildland
fires and natural disasters across the country, including Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita. In his last assignment, Chief Kross was responsible for hundreds
of firefighting personnel, staffing 20 fire stations that covered a response
area in excess of 1,000 square miles while also meeting the needs of 2
city councils and numerous unincorporated town councils.

Chief Kross was instrumental in the development and subsequent approval
of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation. His vision is to
see world-class fire and life safety education presented to the children,
families, and citizens of Los Angeles County through the collaborative
efforts of the Foundation, the County Fire Protection District, and community partners.

Barry GribbonsVice President

Dr. Barry Gribbons has provided leadership at College of the Canyons for
17 years. He currently serves as Deputy Chancellor. Among other things,
Dr. Gribbons provides leadership in planning, Institutional Research,
Institutional Effectiveness Initiative Partnership, and the University Center.

Prior to serving as Deputy Chancellor, Dr. Gribbons served as the Assistant
Superintendent, Vice President of Institutional Development, Technology
and Online Services. In addition to his experience as a senior community
college administrator, he has years of experience evaluating national,
state, and local educational reform efforts.

Dr. Gribbons’ educational accomplishments include:

Associate of Science from the College of the Canyons

Bachelor of Science from the California State University, Northridge

Master of Science from the University of Southern California

Ph.D. from the University of Southern California

He is a member, past president, and past assistant governor of the Rotary
Club of Santa Clarita Valley. Dr. Gribbons is also a past president of
the SCV Food Pantry Board of Directors and currently serves on the COC
Foundation Board of Directors.

George NagyTreasurer

George Nagy graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh in 1970
with a B.A. degree and a major in Finance. Upon graduation and for the
next nine years, Mr. Nagy worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
as a bank examiner. Left to assume a senior level position at a community
bank in Wisconsin, but soon after in 1980, he accepted a position at Antelope
Valley Bank in Lancaster, California while it was still in organization.
During his 25 year employment at AV Bank and successor banks, El Dorado
Bancshares and California Bank & Trust, he assumed increasing responsibilities
and a title of Executive Vice President. In 2006, Mr. Nagy became President,
CEO of Mojave Desert Bank in Mojave, California, where he also served
on the Board of Directors. Mr. Nagy retired from his banking career in
2013 upon merger of Mojave Desert Bank with Mission Bank in Bakersfield,
California, but continues to serve as a member of the Board.

Past Activities:

Founding Board member and eight-year Treasurer of the Lancaster Education
Foundation, to support elementary schools of the Lancaster School District

Past Board member of Antelope Valley Board of Trade

Past Board member of the Antelope Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross

Current Affiliations:

Founding Board member of Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation,
currently also serving as its Treasurer

Board member of the Edwards Air Force Base Civilian-Military Support Group,
also serving as Chair of the Membership Committee

Board member of Mission Bank, Bakersfield, California, also serving as
Chair of the Funds Committee

Iris IngramAssistant Treasurer

Iris Ingram is currently the Chief Financial/Business Officer of West Los
Angeles College (part of the Los Angeles Community College District) in
Culver City. She has been in higher education for 25 years serving as
a faculty member at the former UCLA School of Social Welfare (now Luskin
School of Public Policy) where she taught strategic planning, budgeting,
and program evaluation before joining the campus administration. She has
subsequently served as an associate dean, director, vice president and
chief financial officer, and interim president at various college campuses.
Prior to the move to higher education, Ms. Ingram worked in public accounting
and management consulting at Deloitte Touche.

She has been a life-long volunteer, having been a board member of the Junior
League of Los Angeles, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, the largest
public service organization of graduate and collegiate African-American
women in the world, United Way of Greater Los Angeles, the YWCA of Greater
Los Angeles, the Ebony Guild, Incorporated (a support group for the Florence
Crittenden Center for Girls) and The Links, Incorporated.

A 4th generation Southern California native, Iris grew up in the Los Angeles
South Bay and received her education at Wellesley College, MIT, and the
UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management.

Jeff HackerSecretary

Jeffrey A. Hacker was admitted to practice law in California and the United
States District Court in 1981. He has been practicing law in the Santa
Clarita Valley since 1983. Over the years, Mr. Hacker has represented
financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate developers, small
businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals with their legal
challenges.

In addition to special expertise in business, tort, and real estate law,
Mr. Hacker boasts a breadth of legal experience ranging from major contractual
negotiations to highly specialized litigation.

Mr. Hacker has been involved in over five hundred court trials, jury trials,
arbitrations, and mediations during his career. He has been involved in
solving a myriad of issues affecting businesses, including continuation issues.

Education & Community Involvement

Mr. Hacker is a graduate of Jacksonville University with various honors,
earned a Master’s Degree with Honors from C.W. Post College in New
York, and received his Law Degree, also with various honors, from the
University of LaVerne. He also had the distinction of testifying before
a sub-committee of H.E.W. He has served as a Judge Pro Tem in three Southland
courts, and has also acted as an arbitrator and mediator for the resolution
of disputes during his legal career. He has been involved in various organizations
from DeMolay to the Optimist Club. He served as the chairperson of the
Santa Clarita Valley Attorney Association and held memberships in several
local, state, and national bar associations. He has provided extensive
pro bono work over his career, including assisting those affected by the
Northridge earthquake.

Mr. Hacker is deeply involved in his community. He currently holds active
memberships in the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Valley
(formerly Valencia) Industrial Association. He is past president of the
Valencia Optimist Club, past secretary/treasurer of the Santa Clarita
Repertory Theatre, and past treasurer of the Child & Family Center.
Mr. Hacker and his wife have made a long term commitment and have been
involved with the Michael Hoefflin Foundation (which helps children diagnosed
with cancer) from its inception. Mr. Hacker currently serves as a director
and is a founding Board member of the Los Angeles County Fire Department
Foundation.

David GuentherBoard Member

In September of 1982, when he was 17 years old, David Guenther started
working for a finer men’s clothing store as part-time Christmas
help. Promoted several times within his first 5 years, David was soon
assisting to run the 6-store chain. However, having wanted to be a LA
County Sheriff since he was a little boy, and finally of age to join the
Sheriff’s Academy, in 1987 David set an appointment with the owner
of the company to offer a six-month notice that he would reluctantly be
leaving to pursue a law enforcement career. At that meeting, and before
he was able to offer his notice of resignation, the owner surprised David
with an offer to buy the company. David accepted the offer and, 35 years
later, has established himself as one of the nation’s top custom
clothiers with an impeccable reputation in and out of the industry.

Over the past 35 years, David has been involved in many worthy organizations,
including Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Directors
and Lancaster West Rotary. He has been the Official Scorer for the Lancaster
JetHawks Professional Baseball Team (an affiliate of the Colorado Rockies)
for the past 21 years and was approved at the Major-League level as an
Official Scorer by Major League Baseball. David was a professional baseball
scout for 8 years, including 1 year with the St Louis Cardinals and 7
years with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He also has several other club and
non-profit affiliations.

David has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to various organizations
to help those in need. This includes the Boys and Girls Club, HMNMH Hospital,
College of the Canyons, all local high schools, AV Sheriff’s Boosters,
Antelope Valley College Foundation, Grace Resources, Single Mother’s
Outreach of Santa Clarita, and at least 100 other charities.

Additionally, David has served as a mentor on several occasions for outreach
ventures focusing on the next generation of business leaders. He has given
numerous school speeches, including The Young Entrepreneurs Academy sponsored
by the National Chamber of Commerce, and was guest speaker to 100 top
realtors on how to provide – and the importance of – incredible
customer service and client retention. He has also had the pleasure of
taking part in several other speaking engagements and presentations.

Johnathan GwynBoard Member

Jonathan is the Founder and CEO of the only energy television network,
Energy Flow Network, LLC.

He also founded MCB Network Corp. and served as CEO of Mi Casa Broadcasting.
Johnathan was primarily responsible for creating a network of programming
for Latin America and US markets. Viva! Vision provides fresh, original,
and compelling content relevant for Latino audiences with a 250 million
consumer reach. He is an award-winning producer with over 100 broadcast
television credits.

Prior to these ventures, he was involved in a start-up business that generated
$20mm annually in chemical plant service and emergency response. He served
for seventeen years as Incident Commander at Waste Control Services.

Ron has extensive experience in Environmental Health and Safety. He served
as Safety Professional/Public Relations Spokesperson and Crisis Manager
for Shell Oil Company in the State of Washington.

Ron also holds numerous certifications earned at the world renowned Texas
A&M Engineering Extension program located in College Station Texas.

Heavily involved in his community, Ron served as an Advisory Council Member
of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Advisory Council for the West
Hollywood Community and currently works directly with the Los Angeles
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as a Liaison for Faith Based Community
Emergency Response and as a Director for Global Insular Conservation Society.
He looks forward, with great anticipation, to serve the citizens of Los
Angeles County through the opportunities presented as a Director for the
Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation.

M. Scott HarriesBoard member

Scott joined the Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation Board in
2018. He looks forward to using his extensive business experience to serve
the citizens of Los Angeles County by assisting in the development of
unique and innovative fire and life safety training materials and platforms.
He believes the Foundation is in the "business of saving lives"
and is excited about being a part of the Foundation's work. Scott currently
works for UBS providing financial advice and solutions as a Managing Director.

Prior to joining UBS, Scott worked at Merrill Lynch in the Private Bank
and Investment Group since 2000 and prior to that he spent over a decade
at Goldman Sachs & Co. Scott is one of the top private wealth advisors
in the country focused on the UHNW clients and has a consistent track
record of being one of the top advisors at his prior firms. His prior
experience includes acting as vice president of marketing and a member
of the management committee of a significant public manufacturing company.

Scott earned a Master's Degree in International Business Management with
Honors from the American Graduate School of International Management which
is now part of Arizona State University and known as The Thunderbird School
of Global Management. He earned Cum Laude honors as a graduate of Utah
State University. Scott was team captain of Utah State's men's Basketball
Team where he played a significant role in the success of the program.

Scott is a private pilot with over 15+ years of experience and over twelve
hundred hours of flight time. He enjoys the freedom that comes with owning
a plane and the flexibility to respond quickly to client needs. Scott
has been married for 36 years and is the proud parent of four beautiful
daughters. He also has three grandchildren with number four on the way.
Scott currently lives with his wife in Valencia, California.

Steven PageBoard Member

Steve currently serves as Project Manager – LMR (Land Mobile Radio)
for Jacobs Engineering assigned to the LA-RICS Project Team. LA-RICS provides
the ability for agencies to communicate, via radio, when an emergency
occurs. Steve’s responsibilities to coordinate management of system
development programs is designed to improve on the system developed subsequent to 9/11.

Prior to accepting the position with Jacobs Engineering, Steve was a Telecommunications
Supervisor for the City of Pasadena. Responsibilities included communication
system design, installation, acceptance, operation and maintenance. Among
his many responsibilities was coordinating communications for the world
renowned Pasadena Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.

Steve holds numerous certifications as well commendations from Pasadena
Fire Department and Glendale Fire Department. He was recognized as Technologist
of the Year in 2012 and 2016 by the California Public-Safety Radio Association.
His connection to the emergency communication world will bring new perspective
to the Foundation’s efforts to serve the public.

Steve also brings a unique, personal perspective to our Board. Steve’s
son has Muscular Dystrophy. Steve and his family have been the recipients
of services, due in part to the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s
connection to MDA each year, when the Department is engaged in fund raising
for this important cause. When asked “why join the Foundation Board”,
he was quick to reply “it is time to give back when so much has
been given to them”.

Philip J. DenleaBoard Member

Philip has been in the banking and financial industry since 1997. He currently
services as a Regional Vice President for Logix Federal Credit Union (formerly
Lockheed) supervising all aspects of branch sales and operations for the
Antelope Valley, Conejo Valley, and Woodland Hills locations. He also
manages a team of external lending officers. Prior to his current role,
he was the Vice President of Finance and Secondary Marketing for Logix
overseeing financial planning and analysis, budgeting, and loan sales
and securitizations. He is excited to be a part of an organization that
will play a key role in providing education and resources focused on saving
lives in Los Angeles County and beyond.

Philip earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in
Finance and a Master of Business Administration with a double emphasis
in Finance and Marketing from Loyola Marymount University. Prior to joining
Logix, Philip spent several years as a Vice President and Manager of Financial
Analysis for Washington Mutual Bank in Seattle and held various branch
management roles for WaMu and JP Morgan Chase in Los Angeles.

Growing up in West Los Angeles, Philip fell in love with the ocean, and
shares that love with his wife and two children. They currently reside
in Valencia but visit the beach as often as possible. In addition to attending
community theater shows featuring the talents of his wife and children,
Philip enjoys swimming and has completed several rough water ocean competitions.
His additional activities include serving on the Board of Governors of
the Conejo Valley Boys and Girls Club, and the Logix Community Stars Charitable
Foundation as well as prior service on the Foundation Board of the Santa
Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club.

Marcy RyeBoard Member

Marcy is the founder of Wire Media, an award winning branding and design
firm. Her work focuses on brand strategy and communications design —
helping clients communicate more authentically with their audiences.

At Wire Media, she has led branding and design projects for clients including
the Humane Society, Box Inc., CREDO, Environmental Defense Fund, River
LA, Women’s World Banking and Stanford University.

Marcy has nearly 20 years of experience working at the intersection of
cutting-edge design and technology to help clients communicate better
with their audience, create opportunities to engage with them, and build
lasting and meaningful relationships. Her prior work experience includes
branding and design for the Smithsonian, The World of Coca-Cola Museum,
the Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, and AARP.

Marcy is a frequent speaker and author on topics including data design,
visual storytelling, web design, and branding. Her experience and expertise
is invaluable for the Foundation’s success.

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